HSS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Transmission Electron Microscopy, Gram Staining, Scanning Electron Microscope

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 1100
• Professor: Franco Pagotto

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